douglasmobbs Member

Well done, great commitment.

There is always cyclic weight related issues. When did you weigh yourself? There are a few days that have no exercise logged, there is nothing wrong with this, but I have found my weight goes up if I do not exercise for a couple of days (and then drops back down after the exercise days). Eating back exercise calories is ok…

There is nothing wrong with a moderate amount of coffee, it only gets bad when you add fat and sugar to it.

Keep your heating on over night and you will lose even more. (albeit water weight)

Two penises down, one heart to go. (well almost)

There is only one person who can get you off your sofa, and that is you. If you want to see what dedication can do have a look at this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448&feature=youtu.be

30 minutes swim (1250m) 40 mins elliptical 25 mins weights (upper body)

I would be hating the tax man

It is the same as anybody who is really into their hobby. The hobby will take up a significant amount of their leisure time.

Set a delay on an e-mail so it sends 5 minutes after you are meant to leave

I am finding that some protein with lots of high fiber vegetables fills me up.

There are lots of different ratios thrown about for protein to LBM. I would aim for 0.5-0.7g/1lb LBM if you are losing weight as a minimum, if you are maintaining up it to around 1g/1lb LBM. The protein can come from different sources, and have act at different speeds. Whey protein raises amino acid levels quickly and they…

you cannot spot reduce fat, only tone up specific muscle groups.

I gained weight for many reasons. I used to play many sports to a high level, got some very serious injuries (intensive care unit sort of serious) so had to stop, but did not change my eating to my new activity level. I ate junk food too often. My portion size was too large. There are some very personal reasons why my…

Research your food, understand what you are putting in your mouth and what you need to be healthy. I assume you get comfort/satisfaction from eating junk. You have to make the choice what you want more that comfort/satisfaction or the comfort/satisfaction of knowing that you are improving your health and will be able to do…

almond so long as it has added calcium

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Eat the cookie, it will be one less for me to worry about

If your BMR * standard activity level = 2250 calories and you want to lose weight eating 1750 calories per day will give you approximately an average of 1lb weight loss per week assuming you do nothing above your standard activity. If you now add 3500 calories of exercise in a week you should lose about 1lb more that week…

Something also to keep in mind that the caffeine content of a drink does not matter so far as water intake is concerned. If you broke things down and ate the dry ingredients in a drink then drank the water content separately it would be fairly clear that you have had water, so why should it be different if you mix the…

For salad I made a few up and noted the stats on the total and made up an average for the lot and created my own food for that. logging every item got tedious, plus when my fingers got wet from the chopping my mouse pad would not work

Not every fish lives close to the coast either, there are plenty of nice fresh water fish out there.

totally agree. A nice fresh white flesh fish is the best for a non fishy fish. Oily fish Salmon, Trout, Mackerel etc have a more distinct taste that some love and some don't.

Thought I better add, you don't have 18 weeks to lose weight. You have the rest of your life to improve your health, you may have a big event in 18 weeks time, but this is just one event in what hopes to be a great future full of many more events you would want to be a healthy for.

2lb/week for someone who is not obese is pushing it. I think 18-27lb is a good target range, and will get you into the healthy weight range so far as BMI is concerned. That being said take some measurements and go to a body fat calculator (http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/mbf/) and see what is a healthy range for you.

You need to introduce a eat vegetables for sex reward system.

You burn more calories when you type with the caps lock key off.

Drink so much tequila that you cannot remember if you ate pizza or not.

Please don't listen to absolute junk like this. It sounds like you are doing amazing and if you can stick to a 1200-1300 calorie diet that contains a healthy balance of all the nutrients and minerals you need then keep it up. One thing I would say is make sure you have loads of photos of your progress, I wish I did and it…

Weight fluctuates. It is a lot easier to say that to others than accept it yourself. In the last 4 weeks I have not changed my exercise or food that much but have lost 7lb then 1lb then 8lb then 1lb. I get freaked out about it as well, what keeps me going is. The belief that I am doing the right thing, Looking at my weight…